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SHOW JUMPING · OWNER · RANK 408

Max Kühner prize money

£8,834 won from 7 paid rounds across 4 horses between 2019 and 2025, ranked 408 of 6,392 owners show jumping has paid.

This is money received rather than money a rider took home. The sport awards a money prize to the owner or lessee of the horse, so the figure above is what was written to Max Kühner , who rode the horses as well and kept the lot.

Horses paid
4
Riders paid on them
1
Leading horse
Vancouver Dreams
Leading rider
Max Kühner
Paid seasons
3
PRIZE MONEY WON £9k
BIGGEST CHEQUE £3k
PAID ROUNDS 7
WINS 0
TOP THREE 0
MEDIAN ROUND £1,127

The horses paid in Max Kühner's name

Prize money won, by horse

4 horses

Horse Studbook Born Paid rounds Wins Share Prize money
Vancouver Dreams HANN 2010 3 62.6% £5,530
EIC Quantum Robin V KWPN 2013 2 23.2% £2,049
Elektric Blue P DSP (BRAND) 2011 1 12.8% £1,127
EIC Daloubet DWB 2015 1 1.5% £128
Vancouver Dreams £5,530 EIC Quantum Robin V £2,049 Elektric Blue P £1,127
EIC Daloubet £128

Prize money is not what an owner's balance sheet runs on, and a string this size makes the point: the entry fees, the transport, the stabling and the rider's monthly fee all come out before any of this does. The return on a show jumper is what it sells for, and the winnings are the advertisement.

Max Kühner prize money by season

In time order, not sorted

3 seasons

2019 is the best of them, £5,530. An owner's season moves with whichever horse is sound, and a year that falls away is usually one good horse out of work rather than a smaller string.

Who rode for Max Kühner

Prize money won, by rider

1 rider

Rider Paid rounds Wins Share Prize money
Max Kühner 7 100% £8,834

Max Kühner is the owner of record as well as the rider, which is the only arrangement in show jumping where the whole cheque stays in one place.

Every round Max Kühner has been paid for

Competition, horse, rider and cheque

7 paid rounds

Place Competition Show Level Horse Rider Prize money
5 Prix du 24 Faubourg 2019 Saut Hermes, Paris CSI5* Vancouver Dreams Max Kühner £3,179
8 Credit Suisse Challenge 2019-12-14 CHI Geneva CSI5* Vancouver Dreams Max Kühner £2,137
6 Gemeente 's-Hertogenbosch Prize 2024 The Dutch Masters, 's-Hertogenbosch CSI5* EIC Quantum Robin V Max Kühner £1,326
12 VDL Groep Prize 2025 The Dutch Masters, 's-Hertogenbosch CSI5* Elektric Blue P Max Kühner £1,127
8 Van Schijndel Bouwgroep Indoor Derby 2024 The Dutch Masters, 's-Hertogenbosch CSI5* EIC Quantum Robin V Max Kühner £723
12 Prix Radio Lac 2019-12-12 CHI Geneva CSI5* Vancouver Dreams Max Kühner £214
9 Hoefslag Prize 2024 The Dutch Masters, 's-Hertogenbosch CSI5* EIC Daloubet Max Kühner £128

Every figure is converted to sterling so the rounds can be added up: show jumping pays in the currency of wherever it is run, euros across most of the calendar, sterling at the British shows and Swiss francs at Geneva.

Where Max Kühner has been paid

Prize money won, by show

3 shows

Show Paid rounds Prize money
The Dutch Masters, 's-Hertogenbosch 4 £3,304
Saut Hermes, Paris 1 £3,179
CHI Geneva 2 £2,350

The owners either side of Max Kühner

Ranked 408 of 6,392, ahead of 93.6% of every owner the sport has paid

20 owners

Sea Coast £9,111 Tara Dow-Rein , Rein Family LLC. £9,092 Ernst Hofschröer (10135000), Michael Whitaker (10011424) £9,030 Daniel Deusser, Stephex Stables £9,017 Paul Schockemöhle Hengsthaltung £9,017 Koen Meijer £8,999 H.H. Prince Torki Bin Mohammed Al Saud £8,983 Sanne Thijssen,Sandra Wilmes £8,979 J. Lecorneur, E Megret £8,974 Clear Round B.V. £8,926 Lisa Stockdale £8,825 Euro Horse BVBA (20004323) £8,803 Maplepark Farms £8,800 Catherine O'Connor £8,781 Wolfgang Brinkmann £8,750 Stal van Grunsven £8,748 Minister For Defence (20001443) £8,710 Redmill Stables £8,709 Ludwig Criel,Yasmine Criel £8,690 Stal Keizersberg £8,682

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money has Max Kühner won?

£8,834 across 7 paid rounds between 2019 and 2025, which ranks 408 of the 6,392 owners show jumping has paid.

Which horses does Max Kühner own?

4 horses have been paid in Max Kühner's name. Vancouver Dreams has won the most of it, £5,530 across 3 rounds, which is 62.6% of the total.

Who rides for Max Kühner?

Max Kühner, who is also the owner of record. That is the one arrangement in the sport where the prize money and the person jumping are the same balance sheet: no share to negotiate and no fee to pay.

What is Max Kühner's biggest prize?

£3,179 for finishing 5th in the Prix du 24 Faubourg at Saut Hermes, Paris in 2019, with Vancouver Dreams.

Why does the owner get the money and not the rider?

Because the sport writes it that way. A money prize in equestrian sport is awarded to the owner or lessee of the horse, and the athlete is paid out of it under a private agreement rather than by the show. The reasoning is that the horse is the entrant and the expense: the entry fee, the transport, the stabling and the groom are all the owner’s bill, and the prize money is the return on it.

Where to next

The owners around Max Kühner, and the rest of the sport

Owners either side on the money list

Max Kühner's horses

Riders, shows and seasons

The rest of the section